July 26, 2026
The Ever-Changing Definition of Adulthood and Its Cost
How do you know you’re an adult? A thousand years ago, a hundred years ago,…
July 7, 2026
The Effects of Divorce Through the Eyes of Two Novelists
Toward the end of “Lake Effect,” the new novel by Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney, Clara Larkin…
June 23, 2026
Are Big Families the Solution to Declining Fertility?
“Big families are like waterbed stores,” comedian and father of five Jim Gaffigan jokes. “They used…
June 21, 2026
Daddy Issues: Review of “Dad Brain: The New Science of Fatherhood and How It Shapes Men’s Lives”
When my husband and I moved into our first house, our closing lawyer handed us…
May 27, 2026
Congress Shouldn’t Create Another Newborn Benefit
A bipartisan group of lawmakers recently introduced the Supporting Newborn Parents Act of 2026, which would…
March 18, 2026
Congress Gave Families a Raise. Now Let Parents Decide How to Use It.
Congress delivered a big win for families in last year’s reconciliation law. By raising the Child Tax…
November 18, 2025
What Trump’s Executive Order on Foster Care Gets Wrong—and Right
It’s not every day that President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump hold a…
September 3, 2025
The Shifting Composition Of SNAP Households
An underappreciated trend in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)—formerly the Food Stamp Program—over the…
August 4, 2025
Where Are the Pro-Family Senators?
J.D. Vance and Mitt Romney had their differences when they served as senators together in…
July 29, 2025
Why Marriage Survives
“There is zero statistical advantage” to getting married if you are a man in America today,…
June 16, 2025
Better Boys: The Difference Good Dads Make
The girls cleaned up at my (Brad’s) daughter’s middle school graduation in Virginia this month. Three out of four of the…
June 16, 2025
The ‘Father Divide’ and What it Means for Our Kids
This Father’s Day, an estimated 72 million greeting cards will zip through the mail, according to Hallmark….